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I just got back from a three week vacation, and the travel-specific site I used most was TripAdvisor. I also used a lot of sites not specific to travel (like go

by smeyer 8y ago

I just got back from a three week vacation, and the travel-specific site I used most was TripAdvisor. I also used a lot of sites not specific to travel (like google maps and reddit). Does TripAdivsor not qualify as a "major website about travel"? I don't actually know what share of travel-related web traffic they get, and I realize that Expedia and Priceline both own lots of other sites in the space.

theelfismike 8y ago
TripAdvisor was owned by Expedia from 2004-2011
- user5994461 8y ago
  It's still part of the Expedia portfolio. There are a few brands whose stocks are listed separately.
  - smeyer 8y ago
    What percentage of TripAdvisor does Expedia still own? The stock looks to be mostly held by various mutual funds although I didn't look very closely and may be missing something.
    - user5994461 8y ago
      That's just accounting. Doesn't matter. Businesses are not run independently, they share some employees and services. When you join the company, they will explain you the portfolio of brands and how they link together. A user might leave a site and spend money somewhere else, but it's alright as long as it stays in the family.
      - smeyer 8y ago
        They're independently owned. You could argue that it was just accounting if the two businesses had the same or similar ownership while being two separate entities, but they're two different publicly traded companies with substantially different ownership. They also don't share a single board member. Can you provide some sort of substantive indication that they're operating together (today, as compared to prior to the TripAdvisor spinoff)? For context, here's where you can see the substantial differences in ownership: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TRIP/holders/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TRIP/holders/ vs https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/EXPE/holders/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/EXPE/holders/ . And here's where you can see that they share no board members: http://ir.tripadvisor.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors http://ir.tripadvisor.com/corporate-governance/board-of-dire... vs https://www.expediagroup.com/about/leadership/ https://www.expediagroup.com/about/leadership/ .
        user5994461 8y ago
        Join the company and you will see for yourself. I'm not going to explain how a business empire works over a chat message.

by smeyer 8y ago

theelfismike 8y ago

TripAdvisor was owned by Expedia from 2004-2011

user5994461 8y ago
It's still part of the Expedia portfolio. There are a few brands whose stocks are listed separately.
- smeyer 8y ago
  What percentage of TripAdvisor does Expedia still own? The stock looks to be mostly held by various mutual funds although I didn't look very closely and may be missing something.
  - user5994461 8y ago
    That's just accounting. Doesn't matter. Businesses are not run independently, they share some employees and services. When you join the company, they will explain you the portfolio of brands and how they link together. A user might leave a site and spend money somewhere else, but it's alright as long as it stays in the family.
    - smeyer 8y ago
      They're independently owned. You could argue that it was just accounting if the two businesses had the same or similar ownership while being two separate entities, but they're two different publicly traded companies with substantially different ownership. They also don't share a single board member. Can you provide some sort of substantive indication that they're operating together (today, as compared to prior to the TripAdvisor spinoff)? For context, here's where you can see the substantial differences in ownership: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TRIP/holders/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TRIP/holders/ vs https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/EXPE/holders/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/EXPE/holders/ . And here's where you can see that they share no board members: http://ir.tripadvisor.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors http://ir.tripadvisor.com/corporate-governance/board-of-dire... vs https://www.expediagroup.com/about/leadership/ https://www.expediagroup.com/about/leadership/ .
      - user5994461 8y ago
        Join the company and you will see for yourself. I'm not going to explain how a business empire works over a chat message.